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1st Visit to Trump

#1

One note about the Don and Mike bar on the Majestic Star. Even at reset, there are three games on that $1 machine that are over 99.8% including the insanely difficult 99.98% one eyed jacks game. Also the 25c Multi-Strike (21 games in the bar and 4 more downstairs) have three games that return 99.9% or more. These are the highest return games in IN (Along with 99.92% 20-10-6-5 joker two pair at nickels and dollars). Since part of the rebate is 0.1% same day cashback all of these plays are barely positive. Yes, that room is often empty because it is COLD!! That room used to be the Super Star lounge (Like the Diamond Member lounge at Harrah's) but they have moved it off the boat to get an extra 37 VP games in!

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----- Original Message -----
From: correna2
To: vpFREE_Chicago@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 6/11/2004 8:22:18 AM
Subject: [vpFREE_Chicago] 1st Visit to Trump

Just thot I'd throw in some of my own comments/observations after
going to Indiana on a whim last weekend. Got a last minute room at
Harrah's (comped of course) on Saturday nite. Arrived at about 9pm.
We decided to play the 25c progressives for a bit before getting a
good night's sleep. I played the BDW as the prog was up to $1800+.
Put a $20 in and played on that for a good hour or so before it
started eating benji's. My gambling cohort hit a RF on DDB for $1173
during the 2nd hour. We quit for the nite and went back to the room.
I was really hungry, so close to 1am I ordered room service; an
omelet that came with potatoes. They were both absolutely delicious!
Also ordered bread pudding (I have a sweet tooth) - took 1 bite and
left the rest as it was mediocre at best.

Checked out Sun am and went to Majestic. I had been there 2x many
years ago and recalled it being dumpy. I was pleasantly surprised at
how nice it was now. We checked out the prog at the bar - decided
not to play them because 1) it was close to reset 2) it was freezing
over there and I'm usually cold anyway. Settled into the 50c
machines. That was uuuugly. We played for about 3 hours with 1 4oak
between us. Decided to walk over to Trump. I was down to my last
$20 (don't you hate when that happens?), so figured it would be a
brief visit. We loved it there! The music was great (a factor
overlooked/unimportant to many) and loud enough to enjoy over
machine noise. The staff was very friendly to us as well. Drink
service was much better than at Majestic too. We stayed until almost
2am. Really didn't want to leave, but had a two hour drive home. I
hit loads of 4oak's including A's 5x. I still lost overall for the
trip, but those hits made a decent dent in the weekend losses.
Traffic was great and I got home in 90 minutes. We'll see what kind
of offers our play generates...

Correna Correna

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#2

i, also seem to win more playing trumps lower percentage games, than MJ's 99.5%+ games. is anyone else in the situation?

Howard Stern <howard.w.stern@earthlink.net> wrote:One note about the Don and Mike bar on the Majestic Star. Even at reset, there are three games on that $1 machine that are over 99.8% including the insanely difficult 99.98% one eyed jacks game. Also the 25c Multi-Strike (21 games in the bar and 4 more downstairs) have three games that return 99.9% or more. These are the highest return games in IN (Along with 99.92% 20-10-6-5 joker two pair at nickels and dollars). Since part of the rebate is 0.1% same day cashback all of these plays are barely positive. Yes, that room is often empty because it is COLD!! That room used to be the Super Star lounge (Like the Diamond Member lounge at Harrah's) but they have moved it off the boat to get an extra 37 VP games in!

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----- Original Message -----
From: correna2
To: vpFREE_Chicago@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 6/11/2004 8:22:18 AM
Subject: [vpFREE_Chicago] 1st Visit to Trump

Just thot I'd throw in some of my own comments/observations after
going to Indiana on a whim last weekend. Got a last minute room at
Harrah's (comped of course) on Saturday nite. Arrived at about 9pm.
We decided to play the 25c progressives for a bit before getting a
good night's sleep. I played the BDW as the prog was up to $1800+.
Put a $20 in and played on that for a good hour or so before it
started eating benji's. My gambling cohort hit a RF on DDB for $1173
during the 2nd hour. We quit for the nite and went back to the room.
I was really hungry, so close to 1am I ordered room service; an
omelet that came with potatoes. They were both absolutely delicious!
Also ordered bread pudding (I have a sweet tooth) - took 1 bite and
left the rest as it was mediocre at best.

Checked out Sun am and went to Majestic. I had been there 2x many
years ago and recalled it being dumpy. I was pleasantly surprised at
how nice it was now. We checked out the prog at the bar - decided
not to play them because 1) it was close to reset 2) it was freezing
over there and I'm usually cold anyway. Settled into the 50c
machines. That was uuuugly. We played for about 3 hours with 1 4oak
between us. Decided to walk over to Trump. I was down to my last
$20 (don't you hate when that happens?), so figured it would be a
brief visit. We loved it there! The music was great (a factor
overlooked/unimportant to many) and loud enough to enjoy over
machine noise. The staff was very friendly to us as well. Drink
service was much better than at Majestic too. We stayed until almost
2am. Really didn't want to leave, but had a two hour drive home. I
hit loads of 4oak's including A's 5x. I still lost overall for the
trip, but those hits made a decent dent in the weekend losses.
Traffic was great and I got home in 90 minutes. We'll see what kind
of offers our play generates...

Correna Correna

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#3

--- In vpFREE_Chicago@yahoogroups.com, "Howard Stern"
<howard.w.stern@e...> wrote:

One note about the Don and Mike bar on the Majestic Star. Even at

reset, there are three games on that $1 machine that are over 99.8%
including the insanely difficult 99.98% one eyed jacks game.

Hey, stop giving it bad PR. We want more people playing it! :slight_smile:
All kidding aside it's really not that *difficult*. Any vp veteran
who's cut his teeth on games like Double Joker and All American should
be able to navigate the murky waters of OEJ. I would agree however
that this is definitely not a game for the novice or those without
stamina. Yesterday I couldn't get traction all day as the bar tops
were averse to dealing hands containing more than 2 of the same suit.
Other folks were having similar results. This was quite unusual in
being my first ever OEJ session in which I started down and could not
get into positive territory for the entire day. Although I spent $700
on the day long chase it is and will continue to be my 1st choice at
MS. The combination of 99.98% and MS's cashback simply cannot be beat,
especially when a 2X promotion is in effect. Am I playing perfectly to
obtain the 99.98% ? Probably not, but the hands I'm misplaying are not
the make-or-break hands and have little overall effect on the outcome
of a session.

Also the 25c Multi-Strike (21 games in the bar and 4 more downstairs)

have three games that return 99.9% or more. These are the highest
return games in IN (Along with 99.92% 20-10-6-5 joker two pair at
nickels and dollars).

You can safely say Midwest rather than IN. I know of no other
midwestern casino that's on par with the offerings of MS. BTW, there
is a total of 6 Multi-Strikes on the 2nd floor: 4 $.25, 1 $.5, 1 $1.
The $.5 acts like a gaffed machine IMHO and I refuse to further play
it, but all the rest appear legit.

Since part of the rebate is 0.1% same day cashback all of these plays

are barely positive. Yes, that room is often empty because it is
COLD!! That room used to be the Super Star lounge (Like the Diamond
Member lounge at Harrah's) but they have moved it off the boat to get
an extra 37 VP games in!

When you factor in everything (monthly coupons, same day cashback,
promotional points multiplier, free drawing tickets, discressionary
comps) the per hour return on a 99.98% game is actually very
reasonable even when compared to many Vegas casinos.

#4

Sure didn't think it would happen to me. Made the journey out to the East Chicago and Gary boats yesterday for some much needed R&R. All I was after was to decompress --Call it heart attack avoidance therapy-- but in the space of one hour I hit 2 royals. The first was on a quarter triple play with only a king hold. The second was just a half hour later while keeping Nancy company on some single play quarters with an ace king hold. I've never gotten 2 in a month before, much less 2 in an hour. I'm still kind of stunned, actually.

For those interested, the dollar progressive was only at 4300 or so. I gave the double bonus deuces a try after several hours of getting a feel for the game on FVP. It's a fun game and the strategy isn't as difficult as some I've tried.

Chandler